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. 2023 Apr 24:1–25. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s00034-023-02363-w

Table 3.

Results for fully connected layer of convolutional neural network by SMAC_NEURON architecture for 468-128-10 structure using approximate multipliers and adders

Multiplier type Approximation level Area Delay Latency Power Energy HMR Area energy (%) Energy gain (%)
Hidden Output
Mul Add Mul Add
Exact 0 0 0 0 134,651 5.77 0.0034 14.53 0.050 8.81 0 0
LEBZAM 3 0 0 0 125,350 6.22 0.0037 11.70 0.043 10.00 7 13
LEBZAM 4 0 0 0 122,349 5.93 0.0035 11.88 0.042 12.21 9 18
LEBZAM 3 5 3 5 121,482 5.80 0.0035 9.25 0.032 9.10 10 36
LEBZAM 4 6 4 6 117,278 6.06 0.0036 8.07 0.029 10.24 13 42